ADVANCED DESIGN THEORY FOR MECHANICAL COMPONENTS

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Why does a mechanical component with a specified factor of safety as 2.4 still fail? The traditional mechanical component design theory cannot answer this vital design question. The advanced design theory for mechanical components uses reliability to describe the safety of a component and clearly explains that any design component will fail due to the variation of material strength, loading and dimension of the component This course will address techniques for the quantification of uncertainty and risk inherent in mechanical components and implement reliability as the safety index to design mechanical components. Prerequisite: MECH2500 (3 credits)